- If you're having a problem with weakness,
loss of coordination, pain,
that comes on when you play or after when you play,
then we would say that is related to your playing.
That's the time to look for an arts medicine doctor.
The PAMA Organization lists physicians all over the place,
all over the United States and internationally,
that has specialists in arts medicine.
People that are really interested in the arts.
That doesn't mean they're the only doctors that can do it.
If you're in a city that has orchestra,
then I would ask your teacher or call up the orchestra
and say who do they send people to?
What you want is a doctor that is going to listen to you,
believe you, check you out with your instrument.
If the doctor doesn't wanna see you with your instrument,
something's wrong since it's a playing related problem.
So that should be part of the regular exam.